Newborn Screening & Vital Records
Date:
September 14, 2021 3:00 pm EDT
APHL's Newborn Screening Health Information Technology Subcommittee in collaboration with the National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) hosted a webinar providing examples of how vital records offices interact and work with state newborn screening programs, the benefits of doing so, and lessons learned for collaboration.
Moderators:
- Caprice Edwards, Chief Information Officer at NAPHSIS
Speakers:
- Heidi Wallis, Utah Newborn Screening Program Grant Analyst & Project Coordinator
- Kyle Lunt, Utah Center for Health Data & Informatics Health Informatics Office Director
- Heather Brand, Management Analyst at the Minnesota Department of Health
- Kristen Bye, Principal Planner at the Minnesota Department of Health
- Neeti Sethi, State Nosologist/Data Analyst at the Minnesota Department of Health
- Christen Crews, MSN, RN, Newborn Screening and Birth Defects Surveillance Program Manager, Virginia Department of Health
- Tobin Joseph, Technical Project Manager, Office of Information Management and Health IT, Virginia Department of Health
At the conclusion of the webinar, the participants will be able to:
- Describe vital records offices and their birth registration process
- Explain newborn screening and state newborn screening process
- Describe benefits of state vital records offices collaborating with state newborn screening programs